Audio Format: DD 5.1, Dolby True HD
Video Format: Widescreen 2.35:1 (Anamorphic)
Languages: Mandarin, Cantonese, English
Subtitles: English, Chinese
Region Code: 1
Year Made: 2006
Running Time: 94
Release Date: 02/26/2008
Adapting comic book storylines into feature films is not new in Hong Kong, and adapting styles from how Hollywood does things, isn't new to the industry either. The opening credits of the comic-book flipping sequence seem to announce that this movie is aping the standards set on comic book films in the West, as well as to set expectations straight that whatever is played out is pure fantasy, not Oscar winning material.
Dragon Tiger Gate is sheer Hong Kong fantasy martial arts indulgence. Not every movie in this genre makes the grade though. Feng Yun (Stormriders) was probably the pioneer with its fusion of fantasy martial arts moves and special effects.
The effects in Dragon Tiger Gate has shown a lot of improvement where Hong Kong movies are concerned, with digitized landsca